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Exodus 2

ESV 1
Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman.
NIV 1
Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,
ESV 2
The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.
NIV 2
and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months.
ESV 3
When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank.
NIV 3
But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
ESV 4
And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him.
NIV 4
His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
ESV 5
Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her young women walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her servant woman, and she took it.
NIV 5
Then Pharaoh's daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the river bank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her slave girl to get it.
ESV 6
When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. She took pity on him and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."
NIV 6
She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. "This is one of the Hebrew babies," she said.
ESV 7
Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and call you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?"
NIV 7
Then his sister asked Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?"
ESV 8
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go." So the girl went and called the child's mother.
NIV 8
"Yes, go," she answered. And the girl went and got the baby's mother.
ESV 9
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." So the woman took the child and nursed him.
NIV 9
Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you." So the woman took the baby and nursed him.
ESV 10
When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, "Because," she said, "I drew him out of the water."
NIV 10
When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, "I drew him out of the water."
ESV 11
One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people.
NIV 11
One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
ESV 12
He looked this way and that, and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
NIV 12
Glancing this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
ESV 13
When he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrews were struggling together. And he said to the man in the wrong, "Why do you strike your companion?"
NIV 13
The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, "Why are you hitting your fellow Hebrew?"
ESV 14
He answered, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid, and thought, "Surely the thing is known."
NIV 14
The man said, "Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid and thought, "What I did must have become known."
ESV 15
When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. And he sat down by a well.
NIV 15
When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian, where he sat down by a well.
ESV 16
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
NIV 16
Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father's flock.
ESV 17
The shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and saved them, and watered their flock.
NIV 17
Some shepherds came along and drove them away, but Moses got up and came to their rescue and watered their flock.
ESV 18
When they came home to their father Reuel, he said, "How is it that you have come home so soon today?"
NIV 18
When the girls returned to Reuel their father, he asked them, "Why have you returned so early today?"
ESV 19
They said, "An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds and even drew water for us and watered the flock."
NIV 19
They answered, "An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock."
ESV 20
He said to his daughters, "Then where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread."
NIV 20
"And where is he?" he asked his daughters. "Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat."
ESV 21
And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah.
NIV 21
Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
ESV 22
She gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land."
NIV 22
Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, "I have become an alien in a foreign land."
ESV 23
During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.
NIV 23
During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God.
ESV 24
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
NIV 24
God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.
ESV 25
God saw the people of Israel--and God knew.
NIV 25
So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.

New International Version

Exodus 2

NIV 1
Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,
NIV 2
and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months.
NIV 3
But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
NIV 4
His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
NIV 5
Then Pharaoh's daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the river bank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her slave girl to get it.
NIV 6
She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. "This is one of the Hebrew babies," she said.
NIV 7
Then his sister asked Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?"
NIV 8
"Yes, go," she answered. And the girl went and got the baby's mother.
NIV 9
Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you." So the woman took the baby and nursed him.
NIV 10
When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, "I drew him out of the water."
NIV 11
One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
NIV 12
Glancing this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
NIV 13
The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, "Why are you hitting your fellow Hebrew?"
NIV 14
The man said, "Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid and thought, "What I did must have become known."
NIV 15
When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian, where he sat down by a well.
NIV 16
Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father's flock.
NIV 17
Some shepherds came along and drove them away, but Moses got up and came to their rescue and watered their flock.
NIV 18
When the girls returned to Reuel their father, he asked them, "Why have you returned so early today?"
NIV 19
They answered, "An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock."
NIV 20
"And where is he?" he asked his daughters. "Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat."
NIV 21
Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
NIV 22
Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, "I have become an alien in a foreign land."
NIV 23
During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God.
NIV 24
God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.
NIV 25
So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.